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Clothing and shoe stores in Gates County, NC
The clothing and shoe stores in Gates County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,613 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,234
- −2.1% since 2020
See the clothing and shoe stores around any address in Gates County
The site report maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Gates County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Gates County spend about $6.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,613 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There is 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings in Gates County as of September 2026. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Gates County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Gates County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, Gates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gates County compares
The same measures for North Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Gates County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 15.4 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,297 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,613 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,333 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Gates County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Gates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,234−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,192
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $66,333+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,387
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,439
- Daytime population
- 7,594Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gates County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the clothing and shoe stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 94 | 20 | 6.1 | $3.7M | +11.0% | #8 of 2,087 |
| 2Franklin County, NC | 84 | 15 | 5.3 | $3.5M | +18.8% | #84 of 2,087 |
| 3Harnett County, NC | 84 | 31 | 6.2 | $2.9M | +12.3% | #89 of 2,087 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 84 | 45 | 7.8 | $2.8M | +6.1% | #92 of 2,087 |
| 5Union County, NC | 84 | 77 | 9.1 | $2.5M | +11.7% | #95 of 2,087 |
| 6Lincoln County, NC | 84 | 32 | 8.7 | $2.3M | +13.2% | #98 of 2,087 |
| 7Hoke County, NC | 80 | 9 | 4.7 | $3.7M | +9.0% | #152 of 2,087 |
| 8Granville County, NC | 76 | 17 | 7.6 | $2.4M | +2.1% | #215 of 2,087 |
| 9Pender County, NC | 76 | 24 | 9.5 | $2M | +19.0% | #221 of 2,087 |
| 10Davie County, NC | 76 | 19 | 11.0 | $1.7M | +6.9% | #224 of 2,087 |
| Gates County, NC | Not scored | 1 | 2.4 | $6.8M | −2.1% |
Other business types in Gates County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Gates County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 clothing or shoe store in Gates County. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Gates County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gates County, NC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $6.8M a year, or $1,613 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,192 households in Gates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gates County, NC compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Gates County has 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Gates County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Gates County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Gates County at 10,234 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,192 households. Median household income in Gates County is $66,333, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Gates County has no market score for clothing and shoe stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Gates County. It maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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